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Commons Hansard for 5 December 1917 (Volume 100)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.49am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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War
India
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Disturbances in Behar
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Cotton Committee
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Indian Bishops
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Secretary of State (Absence)
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Shipping
Protection Against Submarines
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Ceylon Riots
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Medical Practitioners
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East Africa Campaign (German Ill-Treatment of Prisoners)
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Enemy Aliens
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Representation of the People Bill (Irish Redistribution)
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National Day of Prayer
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War Aims (Von Kuhlman's Statement)
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British Casualties
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Foreign Affairs (Constitutional Practice)
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Allies' War Council (Naval Policy)
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War Savings Certificates
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Expenditure and Revenue
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Death Sentences (New Zealand Soldiers)
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Gallipoli (Sickness)
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Leather Supplies
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Brigadier-General Elliot
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Orders of the Day
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Exchequer Bonds
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War Aims Committee
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Haricot Beans
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Potatoes
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Brewing and Distilling Restrictions
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Pigs
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Poultry (Transit)
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Wool
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Avonside Paper Mills, Bristol
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Conscientious Objectors
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Railway Fares (Students)
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Police Raids
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Lord Lansdowne
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Prohibited Meeting (Herald League)
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Secret Police
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Enemy Air Raids (Warnings)
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Railway Season Tickets
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Coal (Transport)
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Shipbuilding
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Aliens
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Sir Archibald Bodkin
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